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otter , 5 hours ago

More links

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ggpe3qj6wo

https://apnews.com/article/icc-khan-netanyahu-070941d21ccd1f2b9611032b88527575

Karim Khan said that he believes Netanyahu, his defense minister Yoav Gallant and three Hamas leaders — Yehia Sinwar, Mohammed Deif and Ismail Haniyeh — are responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip and Israel.

The prosecutor must request the warrants from a pre-trial panel of three judges, who take on average two months to consider the evidence and determine if the proceedings can move forward.

Israel is not a member of the court, and even if the arrest warrants are issued, Netanyahu and Gallant do not face any immediate risk of prosecution. But Khan’s announcement deepens Israel’s isolation as it presses ahead with its war, and the threat of arrest could make it difficult for the Israeli leaders to travel abroad.

Both Sinwar and Deif are believed to be hiding in Gaza as Israel tries to hunt them down. But Haniyeh, the supreme leader of the Islamic militant group, is based in Qatar and frequently travels across the region.

otter , 1 day ago

Welcome!

I don't have specific recommendations on hand because I'm on mobile, but you can look through this guide from !newtolemmy for other ways to discover communities

https://lemmy.ca/post/11285664

Following the promo communities works great so you can passively learn about new things when they get promoted

otter , 3 days ago

Are the messages in her outbox? What some scammers do is they make a new account with the same name and profile picture, to then send messages that look like they're from a friend.

I remember reading about an Facebook phishing thing going around, but that involved getting the password and then spamming out messages. She could try and remember if she got any weird links that she logged in with. Sometimes the scammer sends the harmful link to the followers, so the handbag site might be the problem link

otter , 4 days ago

Usually because resources are limited, both financial and time, so people make do with what they can.

As projects grow, and as the FOSS alternatives improve, projects can switch over.

otter , 6 days ago (edited 6 days ago)

I'd love to have tags on apps. So many apps have a simple minimalistic name on the app, which is impossible to remember. I make do by renaming the app with terms I might search by.

ex. "Authenticator Microsoft", or "Vancollect City Garbage Trash Recycling"

otter , 7 days ago

Is the one you linked mechanical? I wasn't sure

otter Mod , 7 days ago

Others are covering the details of the article, I took a look at the source. It only started up last year:

Canadian Affairs was founded by Lauren Heuser in 2023. You can read why Lauren founded a publication for families and professionals in her founding essay.

Canadian Affairs is independent and nonpartisan. It is wholly owned by Lauren and has no outside investors. It is a Qualified Canadian Journalism Organization.

Links to the person's past work:

• https://nationalpost.com/author/eheuser/
• https://thewalrus.ca/author/lauren-heuser/

otter , 10 days ago

I'd recommend starting with ANKI and looking up guides for that language. You might find add-ons that make it easier to use. While making your own deck is better, you can also download recommended decks to learn vocab. Otherwise there are open access textbooks and courses if you want more structured learning.

As for apps, I saw this one recently: https://simjanos-dev.github.io/LinguaCafeHome/

Other discussions right from the Duolingo community:

• https://forum.duome.eu/viewtopic.php?t=23376-we-need-a-community-driven-open-source-duolingo

• https://forum.duome.eu/viewtopic.php?p=68075-open-duolingo

otter , 10 days ago

Yep, which I think is why it's more important to see what data is being collected and stored, rather than giving up data based on how trustworthy an entity seems

If the tool doesn't collect or log the data to begin with, then there's nothing that can be stolen/taken/demanded

The solution in this case might be for Proton (and the other companies) to list out risks and data collection information along the way.

We need X in order to do Y. Read more on how Y works. Now here are some risks, and how to avoid them:

otter , 10 days ago

This browser extension "would allow Facebook users to automatically unfollow their friends, groups, and pages, and, in doing so, to effectively turn off their newsfeeds, which Facebook algorithmically sorts to drive user engagement," the Knight Institute said in a statement.

Interesting, I've been doing that manually for a while now (not Facebook though, I haven't opened that feed in years).

Here's an article from 2021:

https://slate.com/technology/2021/10/facebook-unfollow-everything-cease-desist.html

otter , 11 days ago

Maybe it could be specific to each user?

Few ideas

• a community for people to post in on their cake day, where they can comment on some aspect of their life that's improved in the last year / something they're grateful for

• if you come across a cake day account, pop into their history and comment on something you find interesting

otter , 12 days ago

This is very mildly interesting, cool find!

otter , 12 days ago

I wasn't sure myself honestly, thought I'd check if someone else brought it up first

I think people get super excited to share the good news that it's not a company behind it and all the benefits that come with that

otter , 12 days ago (edited 12 days ago)

I would say to just try it out and see how it is! The live USB works nicely and you can decide you don't like a distro and move on rapidly. There are also tools out there that let you load up multiple distros on the USB at once, and then pick which one to use when you boot up.

I went through my own struggles with dual booting Linux some time ago. If you search on Lemmy, you can find those embarrassing posts. It was my fault, I got confident and messed with 'grub' in all the wrong ways, before cutting my losses early and reverting everything because I had other commitments to deal with.

The good thing though is that it's totally possible to put Windows back 100% the way it was before, even after messing up as badly as I did (I couldn't boot into either operating system because the machine couldn't find the boot entry). Once you're ready to replace windows with Linux (or dual boot etc.), make a good backup with something like Macrium Reflect and you should be safe to go for it. I highly doubt you'll make the mistakes I did, the story is to say that you can mess up and be just fine!

As for your use case:

• affinity programs aren't on Linux from what I remember, you might want to experiment and see if you can run it with Wine or if you have an alternative (ex. Dual boot, different programs)
• Not sure about Davinci, comments suggest that it runs ok on Linux. I like KdenLive

As for what people recommended, and what I'm planning to try soon

• Kubuntu (if you want Ubuntu that looks similar to windows)
• Fedora (what I tried last time)
• Linux Mint

otter , 13 days ago

What aspects do you like about 9gag? (memes, specific content, interface, etc.)

That might help people guide you to something different. Unfortunately I haven't used 9gag in years so I don't know what it's like now

otter OP , 13 days ago

Thank you, that was helpful!

otter , 14 days ago

I can't tell if this makes it easier for students to understand, or harder 😄 Specifically where each chromatid/chromosome (kirby eyes) goes

otter , 14 days ago

Why is there an "or" in there, how does that help?

otter , 14 days ago

Yea the part I found weird was that it went "mother's sibling" but also "father's sister", rather than "X's sibling" or "X's sister"

otter , 14 days ago

I feel like it fits the intent of the community, but yea you'd need a mod to weigh in

otter , 14 days ago

I love these little signs

Sadie can jump the fence, as a treat

I wonder if Sadie tries to teach the other goats

otter , 15 days ago

While leaving it behind is best for privacy, the article touches on some reasons people bring them anyway

Leaving your phone behind means the data it holds and transmits will be the safest it will ever be, but it also means giving up access to important resources. It becomes much more difficult to coordinate with others, or get updates from social media. For many, phone cameras are also the only way they can document what’s happening.

If you have access to a separate phone, whether it’s a “burner” phone, an old smartphone that you can reset, or an old-fashioned camera, you could choose to bring these devices instead of your regularly-used phone. However, not everyone has access to these devices, or can afford to purchase a separate phone just for protesting.

otter OP , 15 days ago

Consistently one of the coolest animals

otter , 15 days ago (edited 15 days ago)

I might actually recommend it for anything except financials. Financials are very important to have access to, and sometimes your email address is the only way to access your account.

I want something very stable as my email address for such cases, because I don't want to risk my email alias provider shutting down, or my self hosted setup to randomly die. Or even some weird "security measure" where the bank decides that any unknown domain is no longer ok.

In such cases, I want my email address to be reliable. Email alias providers shut down from time to time, and I don't trust my skills to set up a reliable self hosted option. If my setup breaks after an upgrade, I might be out of luck till I can change my email with the banks.

Banks also have their own policies, and sometimes they make questionable decisions in the name of "security". Companies already block certain alias domains, and there are stories out there of people being locked out of their online accounts after a domain was blocked. Banks are meant to be trustworthy so they may take an even harder stance on it. They may decide to restrict the common alias domains (ex. citing that spammers use them), or even restrict personal accounts to the big email providers (ex. Gmail).

For example, some bank apps don't work on phones with a custom OS (grapheneOS). Singapore went even further with:

Local banks DBS and UOB are rolling out new anti-scam security measures that include restricting customers from accessing the banks' digital services on their mobile phones if apps from unverified app stores – also known as sideloaded apps – are detected

Ultimately it's a lot of risk for a very small reward. If you use a different password for everything (you should), then someone knowing your email still won't be able to do much. The bank itself would have way more information about you, so it's not like you're protecting yourself from the bank with a custom email.

otter , 15 days ago

Fair enough, I took some time to explain it better above :)

(See edit)

otter , 16 days ago

While I didn't see anything promising from my quick search, you might be able to try something with Gadgetbridge and a custom entry. I found older posts talking about it, but I didn't search well enough to see if there's been progress

otter , 15 days ago

I think it might still be incompatible (I see a request to add it), but the play store version is a separate app based on the actual app one. The actual app isn't on the PlayStore

https://gadgetbridge.org/

otter Mod , 16 days ago

Is there a good source to learn about this (scope, list of stores, etc)

otter , 16 days ago

Some more variants if a workout isn't your thing

• take photos on your phone when you see something nice
• contribute to OpenStreetMap by doing quests on StreetComplete (you answer questions about things you walk past)
• Geocaching, if you live somewhere with things to find

otter , 17 days ago

Which do you recommend?

otter , 17 days ago

Your link broke, here

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81hGTaHIS3L.AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_DpWeblab.jpg